This document summarizes the key points from a professional development session on inquiry-based learning and student engagement for online courses. The session included discussions on using technology tools to facilitate inquiry-based learning at a distance, examples of engaging Moodle lessons, and breakout groups to improve existing lessons using inquiry-based strategies. Participants shared resources and ideas, including using humor in online courses and tools in Moodle for creating desired learning experiences. The document outlines the session agenda and notes from group discussions.

1. Joan Coy
Principal PAVE
PWSD#76
Day 2 focus – Inquiry & Student engagement

2. One thought
about
yesterday’s
session from
each
participant
http://xkcd.com/118/

3.  Web/tech tool for inquiry based learning Networking
 Four plus on Assessment
 Experience the Flip lesson
 Student Engagement
 Effective Moodle Tools
 Create Inquiry lessons with assessment FOR learning
 Present lessons
 Three step interviews
 Anytime, Anyplace, Anypace learning
 Afterhours chatpart of learning

4. Puts:
how you can
help
Calls:
what you
need

5. • Our courses for preview/import , evaluation, come & get it
Jim - Horizon
• JING – easy free video & audio
• Let’s use hashtag #skdlearn on Twitter – Let’s share daily
• Experience 1996 Satellite Delivery Accounting - 2011
Illuminate Calculus – use Smart , document camera - Jay
• Graphing calculator – free, adaptable www.desmos.com
• Software that works for math – Smartview, MathType, Math
Illustrations
• Excellent reference book on elearning Making the Move to
eLearning by Kay Lehmann & Lisa Chamberlin ISBN 978-1-
60709-041-0
• Can share course on Moodle - Joan

6. • How do we let students across other divisions know
what courses are available?
• More engagement ideas and visual based assignments.
Jim – Horizon
• How to improve flow of assessment items without
compromising security and confidentiality? Jay
• Fresh ideas for the classroom
• More examples of the Moodle Lesson. Jim – Horizon
• An easy way to add audio and video to my Moodle
courses
• Ideas for student engagement. Joan

7. A web/tech tool to facilitate inquiry based learning
at a distance.
Jim Swan – Horizon
Ted Green – Northern Lights
Jeff Boulton – Prairie South
Thad Swidzinkski - North East

8. Keynoters - provide an overview of key points that are
important to online learning
Investigators - create open ended questions to ask for
more information, clarify or explain the ideas (3 or less)
Illustrators - provide specific examples or applications of
the ideas presented in readings
Linkers - show how does the material we are reading links
to other areas requiring our attention in distance
education

9. Damian Cooper & Anne Davies
 Come together in the large group
 Each subgroup briefly present findings.
 Keynoters from Groups 1,2 & 3 first, then
Investigators and so on.

11.  Go to PAVE website
 Sandbox top left
 Approach 1 or 2
based on draw

12. What was your experience?
How would you change the lesson?

13. Student Engagement
What is the
student
perspective?

14. How to engage the learner?

16. Maybe one lure could be humor in our courses.
This is a natural for many in face to face
courses but can be a bit trickier at a distance.
Jim would be willing to share several examples
http://factoidz.com/online-education-humor-the-
spice-of-learning....

17. Tools in Moodle to create the learning experience
we want for students
Assessment Collaboration Communication
Quiz Glossary Forum
Assignment Database Choice
Lesson Workshop Questionnaire
Survey Chat Chat

18.  Lesson is a powerful tool on
Moodle
 It is a really good idea to use a
flowchart planning document for
this tool.
Click here for sample lesson
(guest access)
Art in the Age of Early
Modernism

21. Organize into groups with similar lesson interests
Find a lesson you want to improve or choose a
lesson to start new.
Work collaboratively to make this lesson reflect
an inquiry approach.

22. Try to incorporate activities that speak to:
 assessment FOR learning
 promotion of student independence
 student choice & differentiation
 digital citizenship
“”And where imaginations play, learnings happen.”
John Seely Brown

25.  Create groups of 3 – Decide who is A, B, C
 Interview 1
 A is interviewer
 B is speaker
 C is recorder
 On the signal, switch roles so that each
participant has had each role.
 At the end, share key points
 You will be asked to share this with the group
as a whole

26. How can we create a true learn Any Time, Any
Where, Any Place, Any Pace environment for all
students?
Are distance educators the leaders in creating
the learn Any Time, Any Where, Any Place, Any
Pace environment?

27. For casual discussion and networking
 If Distance Education is the answer ... then what is the
question?
 How do we take the distance .. out of Distance Ed?
 How do we keep distance education courses dynamic
and changing?
 What are some creative and interesting ways to
improve student engagement and completion rates?
 How do we facilitate continual growth of distance
education teachers?